• Am. J. Surg. · Dec 2017

    PTSD and surgical residents: Everybody hurts… sometimes.

    • Theresa Jackson, Amanda Provencio, Karalyn Bentley-Kumar, Chris Pearcy, Taylor Cook, Kevin McLean, Jake Morgan, Yoseful Haque, Vaidehi Agrawal, Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, Kevin Taubman, and Michael S Truitt.
    • Department of Graduate Medical Education, Tulsa, OK, USA. Electronic address: Theresa-Jackson@ouhsc.edu.
    • Am. J. Surg. 2017 Dec 1; 214 (6): 1118-1124.

    BackgroundWe aim to evaluate the prevalence of PTSD, its association with physician burnout, and risk factors for PTSD among surgical residents.MethodsA cross-sectional national survey of surgical residents was conducted screening for PTSD. Causative traumatic stressors were queried, and thirty-one potential risk factors for PTSD were evaluated.ResultsA positive PTSD screen (PTSD+) was found in 22% of 582 surgical residents, and an additional 35% were "at risk" for PTSD. Traumatic experiences occurred most commonly as a PGY1, and the most common stressor was bullying. An increase in average hours of work per week (p < 0.001), a high-risk screen for PBO (p < 0.001), and feeling unhealthy (p = 0.001) were associated with an increasing prevalence of screening PTSD+.ConclusionsThe prevalence of screening PTSD+ among surgical residents (22%) was more than three times the general population. Increased work-hours, a high-risk PBO screen, and reduced resident wellness were associated with screening PTSD+.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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